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development of landing craft

The Navy undertook the design of an infantry landing craft with a shore-to-shore capability—that is, a seagoing vessel. The resulting
Landing Craft, Infantry (Large), called the LCI, was a 158-foot (48-metre) vessel with the capacity to carry 200 infantrymen on a 48-hour passage—more than enough time to cross small bodies of water such as the English Channel. The LCI did not have...